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1 Phonology  



1.1  Consonants  





1.2  Vowels  





1.3  Tone  







2 Pronouns  





3 KaureKapori hypothesis  





4 References  





5 Further reading  














Kaure language






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Kaure
Native toIndonesia
RegionPapua: Aurina, Harna, Lereh, Masta, and Wes villages on the Nawa River

Native speakers

(450 cited 1995)[1]

Language family

Kaure–Kosare

  • Kaure

Dialects
  • Narau
Language codes
ISO 639-3bpp
Glottologkaur1271
ELP
  • Narau
  • Map: The Kaure, Kapori, and Kosare languages of New Guinea
      The Kaure, Kapori, and Kosare languages
      Other Trans–New Guinea languages
      Other Papuan languages
      Austronesian languages
      Uninhabited

    Kaure is a Papuan languageofWest Papua. It is spoken in the villages of Lereh, Harna, Wes, Masta, and Aurina.[2][3]

    Narau is either a dialect or a closely related language. It is known from a short word list in Giël (1959).[4] Texts include Auri et al. (1991).[5]

    Phonology

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    Consonants

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    The Kaure consonants are:[6]: 456 

    Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
    Nasal m n
    Plosive voiceless p t k
    voiced ᵐb d ʤ
    Fricative s h
    Liquid l
    Semivowel w j

    Vowels

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    The Kaure vowels are:[6]: 456 

    Front Back
    Close i, y
    Mid e o
    Open a

    Tone

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    Like the Lakes Plain languages, Kaure is a tonal language. There are two tones, namely high and low.[6]: 456 

    Monosyllabic minimal pairs showing phonemic tone contrast include:

    In multisyllabic words, only one stressed syllable carries full tone contrasts, while the other syllables are "neutral" or toneless.[6]: 456 

    Multisyllabic minimal sets include:

    Pronouns

    [edit]

    Attested pronouns are 1sg wẽ, 2sg hane, 1pl nene. The 2sg form resembles Mek *ka-n, and 1pl resembles Pauwasi numu~nin, but apart from that little can be said.

    Kaure pronouns listed by Foley (2018) are:[6]

    Independent Possessive prefixes
    1excl wen na-
    1incl nene nene-
    2 hane ha-
    3 nene ne-

    Kaure pronouns are not specified for number, just like in Nimboran.[6]

    Kaure–Kapori hypothesis

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    Voorhoeve (1975) suggested that Kaure was related to Kapori and Kosare, two otherwise unclassified languages. However, subsequent evaluations have not found any significant connections (Rumaropen 2006, Wambaliau 2006).

    References

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    1. ^ KaureatEthnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • ^ van Voskuylen, E.; et al. "Kaure" (PDF). Kaure: 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-25.
  • ^ "Kaure | Ethnologue".
  • ^ Giël, R. 1959. Exploratie Oost-Meervlakte [Exploration of the Eastern Lakes Plain Area]. Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Ministerie van Koloniën: Kantoor Bevolkingszaken Nieuw-Guinea te Hollandia: Rapportenarchief, 1950–1962, nummer toegang 2.10.25, inventarisnummer 13.
  • ^ Auri, Piter, Peter R. Dommel and Markus Pokoko. 1991. Kaureki a Opoksel (Percakapan-percakapan Dalam Bahasa Kaure: Kaure Conversations). Jayapura: University of Cenderawasih and Summer Institute of Linguistics.
  • ^ a b c d e f Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 433–568. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
  • Further reading

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